Libraries

Mariam Kamara and Sumayya Vally to design presidential library in Liberia

April 20, 2022 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Nigerien architect Mariam Kamara and South African architect Sumayya Vally are collaborating to design a presidential library for Liberia’s former president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in Monrovia. Named the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center for Women and Development (EJS Center), the library is set to be built in Liberia’s capital city, Monrovia, alongside the country’s presidential residence. Designed

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Snøhetta designs library in Beijing to resemble a ginkgo-tree forest

January 5, 2022 James Parkes 0

Norwegian architecture studio Snøhetta has unveiled designs for a 16-metre-tall glass-enclosed library in Beijing formed from pillars that create a forest-like canopy. Located in the Chinese capital, the building was selected as the winning entry in an international competition to design the Sub-Center Library in 2018. The library will take shape as a glass-enclosed structure characterised

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Adjaye Associates completes rose-hued cultural hub in Florida

January 4, 2022 James Parkes 0

Image of the three structures at Winter Park Library & Events Center

British architecture firm Adjaye Associates has designed a collection of pigmented-concrete pavilions in Winter Park, Florida, to house a library and an events centre. Located on the northwestern corner of the 23-acre (9.3 hectares) Martin Luther King, Jr. Park in Florida, the Winter Park Library and Events Center comprises three pavilions and was described as

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Mecanoo and OTJ Architects complete renovation of Mies van der Rohe’s Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library

December 21, 2021 Jane Englefield 0

Architecture studios Mecanoo and OTJ Architects have added a rooftop garden and statement staircases to the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library in Washington DC as part of its renovation of the Mies van der Rohe-designed building. Dutch architecture office Mecanoo collaborated with New Orleans studio OTJ Architects for the project, which involved a three-year-long renovation of

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Bruno Gaudin Architectes creates university library in France with colonnaded “wind tower”

October 21, 2021 James Parkes 0

French studio Bruno Gaudin Architectes has completed a library clad in thin, grey bricks at the entrance to Paris Nanterre University. Located in the town of Nanterre, west of the French capital, the brick-clad Contemporary International Resource Library marks the southern edge of the Paris Nanterre University campus. Occupying a triangular plot, the building comprises a

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Atelier Xi transforms abandoned house into library with curved concrete walls

August 17, 2021 Alyn Griffiths 0

Chinese architecture studio Atelier Xi has completed a library in Henan province featuring a curving concrete volume that emerges from the ruins of a derelict house. Library in Ruins is part of a series of buildings designed by Shenzhen-based Atelier Xi for the municipal government of rural Xiuwu County. The firm was initially commissioned to

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Hastings Architecture converts 1960s Nashville library into its own headquarters

August 3, 2021 Jenna McKnight 0

Tall, arched windows and marble cladding feature in a mid-century building in Tennessee that has become the new home of American firm Hastings Architecture. Named after its address in downtown Nashville, 225 Polk Avenue, the project entailed the transformation of a 1965, modern-style building that was originally designed by architect Bruce Crabtree. For 35 years, the multi-level

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Aluminium “wizard hat” tops New York library renovation by Mecanoo

June 25, 2021 Jon Astbury 0

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library by Mecanoo

A sculptural aluminium crown tops New York’s Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, which has been renovated by Dutch practice Mecanoo and American firm Beyer Blinder Belle. Formerly called the Mid-Manhattan Library, the steel and granite library dates from 1914 and was built as a department store. Its original structure has been retained and the renovation introduces a

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Ten architecture projects from students at the Academy of Art University

June 18, 2021 Dezeen staff 0

An aquarium designed to protect marine biodiversity and a healing centre using horticultural techniques to help treat mental illness are included in our latest school show by architecture students at the Academy of Art University. Other projects include a “public living room” that blends neighbourhood life with areas for privacy and a residential hub designed to enable

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Cobe reveals design for Gothenburg University Library with facade curved like book pages

June 2, 2021 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

Danish architecture studio Cobe has won the competition for the new University of Gothenburg library, with a design that evokes the pages of a book being opened. The 16,000-square-metre library will be situated in the university area of Näckrosen near the centre of Gothenburg, Sweden’s second largest city. Cobe’s design for the building has a

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